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Don Rizk's Turf

The Don welcomes you to his turf.Enjoy it and make the best of your stay,but keep in mind that if you mess up,you will be sleeping with the fishes.

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Location: Byblos, Lebanon

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

What's going on?

What's happening to this country?Where is it going to?I have been meaning to write about this issue for a while.
Apparently,about a month ago,Firas Hatoum,a news reporter from the Lebanese "New TV" broke into the house "Mohammed Zuhair Siddiq",the primary witness of the assasination of former PM Rafiq Hariri.Alongside 2 other crew members,he felt free to tamper with the evidence inside the house, assuming that it would be the scoop of the day.However, he was caught with the other 2, and have since then been in jail.
Now, New TV seems to be making a living martyr out of the fellow.They send petitions for the release of their hero.How could anyone be so irrational?What happened to the spirits of the late Gebran Tueni and Samir Kassir, who sacrificed their lives for the sake of free and just journalism?
Of course,every human being feels sorry for anyone staying in jail... even I do!
In my opinion,Hatoum should be given 2 choices:Either to stay in jail and be tried, or to be released from jail,but have his journalism license taken away.
Rest in peace Gebran and Samir, Hatoum is lucky you weren't alive to see this.

Congratulations Lebanon.




I just read this in Naharnet:

Interrogating Suspects In Bashir Gemayel’s Assassination Set for February

On Monday,the state security court set Feb. 1 a date to begin interrogation of two Lebanese citizens charged with involvement in the assassination of president-elect Bashir Gemayel 24 years ago. The date was set by judge Antoine Kheir, head of the Judicial Council, which is the court entrusted with cases related to state security. The brief statement said Habib al-Shartouni and Nabil Alam, both at large, should report to the court for interrogation on Feb. 1.Failing to do so, they will be tried in absentia. Gemayel was assassinated by a major blast that ripped through the Phalange Party office in Beirut’s Ashrafiyeh district in September 1982 before he took the oath to assume the presidency.

Shartouni, a member of the Syrian Social National Party (SSNP) was jailed pending trial until Oct. 13, 1990, when Syrian forces invaded the then Christian enclave. He mysteriously vanished from the central Prison in Roumieh and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Saturday, January 06, 2007

W'Air!

Just saw this site,check it out, it's hilarious!!

Here is the link...Enjoy!

www.w-air.com

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Sexy Time!

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

A tribute to the "Man In Black"

With my great friend, the late Johnny Cash.